What is the difference between .xlsb and .dif?
- Extension
- .xlsb
- .dif
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Microsoft
- Description
- The xlsb file type is a binary file format used to store Excel spreadsheets. It is a compressed version of the xlsx file type and can only be opened in the Microsoft Excel application. Compared to the xlsx, the xlsb format is much smaller in size and is less prone to corruption.
- DIF stands for Data Interchange Format that is used to import/export spreadsheets data between different applications. These include Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, StarCalc and many others. It stores data contained in a single spreadsheet which is the only limitation of this file format.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
- text/x-dif
- Wikipedia
- .dif on Wikipedia